Warm and Cool Colours Worksheet
Artist's tip (Fire or ice?): Warm: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow. Cool: blue, blue-green, green, blue-purple, purple. Hot or fiery subjects (campfire, sunset, lava) → warm colours; cold, wet or shady subjects (sea, glacier, rainy night) → cool colours.
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- 1.🌡️ In a picture, which colours seem to sink back, far away? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 2.🖌️ Would you paint a calm lake mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 3.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🌡️ In a picture, which colours seem to come forward, closer to you? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a snowy mountain (b) a shady forest (c) autumn leaves (d) an icy glacier
- 6.🌡️ Cool colours make us think of… (a) fire and sunshine (b) hot sand (c) water, ice and sky (d) flames
- 7.🖌️ Would you paint hot lava mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) red-orange (c) yellow (d) blue-green
- 9.🌡️ Is purple a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 10.True or false: a calm lake is usually painted in cool colours. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🌡️ Warm colours make us think of… (a) shade and rain (b) ice and water (c) snow and night (d) fire and sunshine
- 12.🌡️ Is red a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 13.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue-green
- 14.True or false: a rainy night is usually painted in cool colours. (a) False (b) True
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a flaming torch (b) a rainy night (c) a snowy mountain (d) a shady forest
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a calm lake (b) a campfire (c) a sunset sky (d) a flaming torch
- 17.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
- 18.🖌️ Would you paint a shady forest mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a snowy mountain (b) a sunset sky (c) hot lava (d) a campfire
- 20.True or false: yellow-orange is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: an icy glacier is usually painted in cool colours. (a) True (b) False
- 22.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red-orange (d) red
- 23.True or false: a snowy mountain is usually painted in warm colours. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: an icy glacier is usually painted in warm colours. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a shady forest (b) a calm lake (c) a snowy mountain (d) a campfire
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) red-orange
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow-orange
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue-purple (b) purple (c) green (d) red
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hot lava (b) a rainy night (c) a campfire (d) a sunset sky
- 30.True or false: green is a warm colour. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: blue-purple is a cool colour. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🖌️ Would you paint the hot desert sun mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 33.True or false: a snowy mountain is usually painted in cool colours. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🌡️ Is green a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 35.True or false: purple is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🌡️ Is blue-green a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 37.🖌️ Would you paint an icy glacier mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 38.🌡️ Which half of the colour wheel is the warm half? (a) blue to green (b) green to purple (c) red to yellow
- 39.True or false: a deep blue sea is usually painted in cool colours. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🖌️ Would you paint a campfire mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
Answer key
- cool colours
- cool colours
- False
- warm colours
- autumn leaves
- water, ice and sky
- warm colours
- blue-green
- cool colour
- True
- fire and sunshine
- warm colour
- blue-green
- True
- a flaming torch
- a calm lake
- yellow
- cool colours
- a snowy mountain
- True
- True
- green
- False
- False
- a campfire
- purple
- green
- red
- a rainy night
- False
- True
- warm colours
- True
- cool colour
- False
- cool colour
- cool colours
- red to yellow
- True
- warm colours
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